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Malware Expert
There's a lot of chatter on the Internet about your wireless not working properly after Win 10 upgrade because of the driver but let's try an IP reset and see if that helps.
Open an Elevated Command Prompt:
netsh winsock reset catalog
netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log
netsh int ipv6 reset reset6.log
Reboot.
Member
Would this affect me as a Win 8.1 user, or should I just be mindful of this if I upgrade to 10 later?
Malware Expert
Just a warning. I feel the current driver is poorly written and is causing the errors we see. I keep hoping we can find a better one but so far no luck. How is it running otherwise? Is it still slow?
Member
Oh okay. I understand. Speeds are sporadic. At the moment, they are fine but had problems the past few days.
Malware Expert
Member
It's usually about 25/5.
Malware Expert
Run the speedtest again. This time watch the green graph under the meter. It should start with a spike and then be flat like this:
If it's jagged that means interference. AT&T U-verse's modem is supposed to pick the best channel automatically but I've never seen it work. Usually they just stay on Channel 6 (along with all of your neighbor's routers.) There is a program called InSSIDer which you can get free from http://www.techspot....6-inssider.html Download, Save and double click to install it.
Member
You were right. The green bar is jagged.
InSSIDer shows
Signal Strength: -41
Overlapping: 5
The thin orange bar fluctuates between directly below, above, and on the blue line. It moves at least once every 10 seconds but mostly stays right below the highest point of the blue line.
Yes it shows that the link score would improve by moving to channel 11.
Malware Expert
The orange bar is your neighbor's WiFi or cordless phone or baby monitor and it's causing Interference with your signal. That's what the jagged green means. If you look on the router there will be the password needed to log on to the router. To log on you open a browser and type in the router's address which is probably 192.168.1.254 then it should give you a log in window. Move it to ch 11 and see if things look better. See:
https://forums.att.c...ce/td-p/4192812
Member
I moved it to channel 11 and disabled the guest network that wasn't in use. Strangely, the computer is running slower than ever. My results are still jagged too. By the way, although I moved channel 11, I still see the neighbor's interference on the router. Is this normal?
The computer itself (vs net) is slower too. The computer navigates through folders at a snail's space. Right-clicking files either 1) takes 30+ seconds for the menu properties to load or 2) produces the following error:
explorer.exe - No Disk
There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive. F:.
Thank you!!
Malware Expert
Try a different channel . You may need to move the router or your PC to get a better speed. Don't suppose you could talk your neighbor into moving his router?
Open an elevated command prompt:
http://www.eightforu...indows-8-a.html
Type (with an Enter after the line)
set path
Are there any references to F: in the output?
Member
Awesome! That was a quick fix. No more problems with accessing files/programs in explorer.
Also, there were no references to F: in the command prompt output.
Malware Expert
Did that also fix the F: problem?
Member
Yes it fixed that problem too! 
Malware Expert
Good. Any luck on the WiFi?
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